India, Nov. 14 -- The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) took a narrow lead over the INDIA bloc, known as the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, across several constituencies in very early trends shortly after counting of votes in the Bihar assembly elections 2025 began at 8 am on Friday.

While the NDA was ahead, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Mahagathbandhan appeared to be giving a neck-and-neck fight and was not very far behind. The At 8:40 am, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was ahead on at least 35 seats, while the RJD led on over 30 seats.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) began counting of votes with postal ballots first. The early leads are not necessarily an indication of the final outcome, with a clearer picture of the stat...